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The peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus), also known simply as the peregrine, [3] is a cosmopolitan bird of prey (raptor) in the family Falconidae.A large, crow-sized falcon, it has a blue-grey back, barred white underparts, and a black head.
This is a list of the fastest flying birds in the world. A bird's velocity is necessarily variable; a hunting bird will reach much greater speeds while diving to catch prey than when flying horizontally. The bird that can achieve the greatest airspeed is the peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus), able to exceed 320 km/h (200 mph) in its dives.
Peregrine Falcons nesting at University of California, Berkeley. Cal Falcons is a website and social media community featuring three live streaming webcams trained on a peregrine falcon nest site atop Sather Tower at the University of California, Berkeley. Cal Falcons is known for its extensive social media presence and following. [1]
The organization's first recovery effort focused on the peregrine falcon, which was facing extinction due to the widespread use of the chemical DDT. [1] [3] The peregrine falcon was removed from the U.S. Endangered Species list in 1999 at an international celebration held in Boise. [6] [7] [8] [9]
Various pieces of falconry equipment (Hunt Museum, Ireland) — includes rings, call, bell and hood from the 17th–20th centuriesThe bird wears: A hood, which is used in the manning process (acclimatising to humans and the human world) and to keep the raptor in a calm state, both in the early part of its training and throughout its falconry career.
A large falcon, it preys on birds and bats. [2] Most likely either the lanner or peregrine falcon was the sacred species of falcon to the ancient Egyptians, [3] and some ancient Egyptian deities, like Ra and Horus, were often represented as a man with the head of a lanner falcon.
However, the pterosaurs had to share the skies with some remarkable flying dinosaurs like Microraptor. From these feathered flyers evolved the birds, who survived the K-Pg mass extinction. Some, like the swans, could gracefully fly at 30 mph as David Attenborough shows when he tracks their progress on a boat.
English: Snowy owl (Bubo scandiacus) and peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) in Fresh Pond, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA on 11 January 2014. In this video, the original material has been stabilised. In this video, the original material has been stabilised.